Two Rivers June 2017 Card - $3.30 Made by Zazzle Greeting Cards When you hear the word āvacationā, your mind probably goes immediately to a block of time, a week or two where you are away from your job. A period where youāre able to take a break and relax. Perhaps catch up on projects, embark on a new adventure with the family. Then again I have overheard some people say, āI need a vacation from my vacationā. The hustle and bustle of cramming all of their desperately needed āaway timeā into a few relatively short days, is often exhausting and leaves a lot of folks frazzledā¦. Iāve been blessed. Having been self-employed the majority of my life, whenever anyone asked āWhat do you do?ā Iāve always replied, āIām on vacation!ā Aside from a few āhiccupsā through the years (re: health/body issues) I have taken advantage of the opportunities and visions, doing the things I loved. The garage, insurance office, trucking have ALL allowed me to pursue related side-interests. Something I will expound on later⦠Meanwhile, my absence from here is easily explained by the fact that Iāve been āon vacationā¦ā When I hear someone tell me, āIām tiredā I really canāt relate. MY kind of exhaustion is a different kind of fatigue because for the most part, Iāve always loved everything I was involved in. Yes, a lot of it is still hard work, and yes, I DO juggle a half a dozen projects at once, but in the end, the difficulties and frustrations have been worth it⦠Last week, when hooking up the camper, one of the neighbors stopped by and asked, āYou going on vacation?ā āNaww. Weāre just going out to the river to collect some art inspiration.ā Once set up at the campground, I noticed some folks hurrying here and scampering there in order to cram in their āvacationā time into the few short days they have available. Us? I sipped my coffee, feeling fortunate to see the sun come up for the 22,802nd time in my life. When breakfast was out of the way, I grabbed the camera and the dogs and found this little guy, all by himself⦠āThe Power Of Small Winsā which ran in the Harvard Business Review May, 2011 stated: āPeople who make progress every day toward something they care about, report being satisfied and fulfilled.ā Today, this one discovery left me āsatisfied and fulfilledā¦ā